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(JAN TESTING AND SOLDERING MACHINE. v No. 246,753. Patented $ept. 6,1881.

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1 CAN TESTING AND SOLDERING MAGHINE." N0. 246,753.

Patented Sept. 6, 1881.

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CAN TESTING AND SOLDBRING MACHINE.

No; 246,753. .Iatented Sept. 6,1881.

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CAN TESTING AND SOLDERING MACHINE.

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(ModeL) R. GORN ALL. CAN TESTING AND SOLDERING MACHINE.

No. 246,753. Patented Spt. 6,1881.

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CAN TESTING AND SOLDERING MACHINE.

Nd.246,753. PatentedSept.6,1881.*

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To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known thatl, Brennan GORNALL, or

Baltimore', in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, hare invented a new and :useful improvement in Can Soldering and Testing Machines; and 'I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact dew automatic delivery and discharge, whereby the cans are supplied tothe tableor carriage and discharged therefrom without the constant aid of an attendant; an d, third,"in-the*coml)ination,

with the soldering-mechanism, of a testing apparatus, whereby thecans are soldered ,and tested by oneipassage through the machine.

Itconsists, also, of certain details of'coustruction, all oi -which are fully described hereinafter, and particularly indicatedin the claim s.

Heretofore machines for soldering have been devised in which supports foreach can were I mounted upon a circular revolvingtaole, which,

in its revolution, brought the cans in succession to thatpointwhere' the heat'was app-lied.

- Such machines required constant attendance to put on and remove the cans, required considerable space, and were not adapted used with atestiug apparatus.

My object is to reduce the size of the machine and the number of supports for the cans,

. to simplify the structure, to render the l'eed operate, as specified and discharge automatic, and to adapt it to above, with the testingmachine. V

In the drawings annexed, Figure 1 shows a rear elevation ;.Fig. .2, a front elevation. Fig. 3 represents .a. section, and Fig. 4 a cross-section. Fig. 5 is an elevation showing the carriage B, the crank of the main' driving-shaft, .andthe cani-lever. Fig. 6 shows a similar elevation, with the carriage in another position,

I and with the devices for raising and lowering the can-seat. 7 is a perspective view of the carriage detached, with the can seat and rotating devices. Fig. 8 represents the cam to be part of -l lietters Patent No. 2%6fi53, dated September- 6, 18 81. Applicationfiled February 12,1881.-:th10de1.)

lever for raising and lowering thecan seat. Figs. 9, ill, and 11 are side elevationsshowing the can-holding devices and devices for inoving the cans forward, said figures repre-* senting these devices in diflerent positions. Figs. 12, 13, and It are detail views, showing the action of the arm for holding the can-rotating shaft inacentral position and thetorked lei er for operating the clutch. I o

In the, machine thus illustrated the cans are supported upon a chute on the .top of a long narrow table, which table, or the frame thereof, also supports the can-moving and other mechanisms. Thetahle is provided with a strong frame, and is of a height adaptedto permit the attendant to work conveniently thereat.

Q The chute A is supported upon the table by brackets. Apart of the chute is horizontal and part inclined. 'lhe cans are set by the attendaut upon the inclined end of the chute,

and more forward to the other hytheir own Weight. The inclined part should be long enough to hold annmher of cans,hut the horizontal part should be ot a length a little ex" seeding the diameter of a singlecanu The sides of this chute are made adjustable by nc-ans of slots, in which the posts are set, which support the side rails. E5 this construction the side rails may he set in or out according to the size of the cans, and under all circumstances guide the cans accurately to the seat on which they are soldered. The chute .on this side is slightly inclined sidewise and terminates at the end of the path of a canseat mounted on a reciprocating carriage, B, hy mean s of which the cans arereeeived from the said chute, transferred to the heating ap- 'pliances, and then to another chute on the opposite side, which forms, practically, a continuation of the first.

The carriage, with itsseat, is designed to transfer the cans and to cause them to rotate in front of a heater, by means of which they are floated. The meclianislnhy which it is inovediroin side to side will be first described, and then that by which the cans are rotated.

In the bar 16 of the frame is mounted a driving-shait, 17, having a driving pulley, 99, on the front end of said shaft and a crank upon a sleeve on said shaft in therear, as hereinafter more fullyexplained. The pin of, this crank 18 works in a slotin the verticalarm 19 of the v carriageflil, which slides on suitable waysunwill be apparent that each revolution of the shaft willmove the carriage forward and back i a distance equal totwice the length of the crank-arm, which carries thepin 23, workin gin the slot of the vertical arm 19." A slide bar,"

. 24-, is heldupon the c arriageby means of screws 25 passing through slots 26 in said bar, and vertical reciprocating motion is imparted to said bar, for purposes hereinafter explained, by means of an arm, 27, attached to a camlever, 28, which is pivoted at 91 on one side of the vertical slotted arm iih-which is underneath the vertically-sliding bar 24, the said bar being separated from said arm by short studs 92..

- This cam-lever is moved by the-w'rist-pin of the crank, which also moves the carriage. To effect this movement of the cam-lever the wristpinprojects through the slot/ sothat in its vertical movement in the slot of the vertical arm? 19 of the carriage it may impinge against the surface. 'ofthe arms of the camlever, passing the lower in its descent and the .upper arm in its ascent. Motion of the arms of the cam-lever is limited by'pins 29 29. The result of the operation of this mechanism isto lift the slide-bar 24 at the rearend of its paththat is to say, that on the right of themachine, as shown in Fi g. 1--,and to keep it elevated d uring its passage forward toward the front endof said path, then to depress it and to carry it, while down,hack to the rearlimit, again tobe lifted, and so on. s This mechanism is made to serve two purposes z, first and mainly, that of transferring the cans from one chnte or one part of the chute to'the other, and, second, the

pushing forward of the cans after transfer to the testing mechanism. i

It should he noted here that the movement 'ofthe carriage from right to left in the transferiof, cans from the, receiving to the delivery or testing end ofthe machine is. temporarily arrested, in order to' give time for the operation of another set ofmechanisms, which rotate the can in front of the heating apparatus.- The devices by which this is accomplished are de-' scribed hereinafter. 0n the upper end of the vertically-reciprocating slide-bar 24 is an arm, 30, on which the. can-seat is carried. This arm is, inclined 'to-' ward the front side of the machine, on which side is placed the heating apparatus 31, attached to said arm. The can-seat is a disk, 32, having pins 33 set in the face around the edge, ofeqnal length, and parallel with the axis 3 1 of the disk, This dish rests upon the arm 30 and has the same inclination as the arm, so that the can, when seated upon the ends of the pins, is inclined toward the heater. This inexcess 1 clination should be enough toicause the solder to flow around the scam, the amount of inclination required for'the purpose being wellknown to those skilled inventionbelongs. v i F p The crank-arm 18 is fixed, not. upon' the end of the-main shaft, boa-as heretofore indicated, upon a sleeve, 35, fitted to said shaft, sothat it turns freelythereon',*except when thrdwn in the art'to which this into contact withafixedcollar, 36, on the same main shaft, there, being clutches on the adjae The lower end of the axis" or shaft of the disk which supports the can is provided with wheel 37, having preferahlya milled periphery, and thiswheel, whenthe-carriage is at rest oppositethe heater, bears against the 'face (preferably of rubber) of a wheel, 38, fixed to a gear-wheel, 39, which meshes with the cogwheel fixed to the main shaft. These wheels 38 and-39 are pivoted on. a pin which is carried in the end of a spring-arm, 40, said arm being adapted to press the face of the wheel 38 against the edge of wheel 37. This springarm'carries also a lo,cking;arin, 41, fixedto the said spring arm, and bending forward over the rubber-faced wheel, and having on its end prongs directly over saidwheehsaid prongs being adapted to receive and embrace the shaft of the can-seat in. its advance toward the discharge end, andto hold it in place Ice whileturning. "The pronged part is rounded or inclined on the side thereof first struck in the advance of the shaft, said shaft, by means of this incline, pushing back the springarmnntil the shaft has passed the inclined prong and is within the embrace of the two.-

When the shaft goes back on the return of the carriage it rides lower, and owing to its inclined position does not touch the prongs. Wheel 39 is always in gear with thepinion on the main shaft, the cogs of the latter being wide enough to permit the required lateral motion without throwing the wheel and pinion out of gear. is disconnected when the arm is in vertical The sleeve of the crank-arm position above the main shaft and it has brought the shaft of the can-seat between the prongs and the friction-wheels 37 and 38 in contact, whereby the carriage is held and the can-seat revolved.

The sleeve of thecranh-arm is moved into the free end extends under the main shaft and vibrates in horizontal plane. The arm or prong next to the sleeve has a pin, which works in an annular groove in the end of said sleeve.

a ents 1 v a The other arm of this lever carries a frictionwheel, 144, which the springpresses constantly against the inner face of the main wheel but the adjustment is such that when thus riding against said face it does not allow the spring to draw the sleeve to the collar far enough to interlock the clutches. At aproper place, however, in said main wheel, a curved slot is cutd irectly opposite the friction-wheel 144, into:

which said wheel may drop, thus allowing the spring to draw the sleeve of the crank-arm into connection'with the clutch of the fixed collar on the main shaft. The slot isjust long enough to permit one complete revolution ofthe' main shaft while the friction-wheel isiin the slot, thus advancing the carriage to transfer the can to the chute at the delivery end of the ma-.

chine to returnto the other end of its path and take up and bring forward to the central point another can. Then the friction-wheel rides out at the inclined rear end of the slot,

and, throwing the clutch out of connection,\

leaves the carriage stationary with the can opposite the heater, and as the main shaft're cross-piece maystrike against either the wheel 144 or a stud, 47, on the end of the bearingpin of the wheel 144. p

It will be borne in mind that the carriage is locked in place against longitudinal movement in its path by means of the pronged arm 41 embracing the shaftiof the rotating eanscat.

The arm which supports the can seat is also locked,both in its raisedand low positions, by means of the same crank-pin which raises it, for while this pin is above the horizontal line of the pivot of the cam-lever 28 the can-seat, bar, and its arm are raised, and must remain in that position until the'said pin has passed the other.

below said line. In the same way it holds down these parts, afterdepressing them, by its action on the lower part of the cam-lever. As the crank arm remains in a vertical position-all the while the can is rotating, its pin affords simple and certain means for locking the cam levers, and parts carried by them, i n

mentvof said seat. For this purpose the end of the chute next the seat is formed with an open slot, which divides the end into two bars, (marked 48 48,) which may project between the can-supporting pins in the disk. When, therefore, the can-seat is brought back to the limit of its movement, and is then raised, the pins set in the disk pass up through the slot or on the outside of the bars 48. They are preferably six in number and are symmetrically arranged in the disk, so that any two may pass upon the outside and two in the slot They are made long enough to lift the can and free I it from contact with the bars. Guide-flanges 49, on each side, serve to hold the bottom of the can in place. The end of the chute on the opposite side of the can'seat is formed ,with a slot and bars like t-lia-tjust described, and the can is left thereon bythe depression of the seat by means of the same construction or parts required to take it up from the end of the first chute. Only the can-supporting pins enter the chute end by horizontal and leave it by vertical movement, the reverse of that at the beginning. x

It is also obvious, as the seat rotated before the forward movement of thecarriage is completed, that it may be necessary to rectify the position of the pins before they reach the beginning of the second chute, in order that said pins may not strike the ends of the bars of therchute. Forthis purpose pins 149,corre- 'sponding, in number and position to those on the can seat, are set in the wheel 37, which is on the lower end of the seat-shaft. A bent arm, 50, is set in the under side of the table, exactly by the side of the path of the lower set of pins, so that ift-hey (and consequently the upper) are in proper position, the two outside pins on one side will just graze the arm 50; butif thepinsare'turnedoutof this proper position, then one of the pins will be in. line with the end of the arm, and will be struck by said end, and thereby the pins will all be brought into proper alignment. This bent-arm so is placed so as to act on the pins directly the shaft leaves the position at which it is retated. 0n the return of the carriage for another can the pins are out of range of the arm 50, but as the can seat is not rotated it goes back unchanged in position and requires no alignment. i

The can is held down uponits scat bymeans of-an annular revolving cap -plate, 51, suspended loosely by means of clips 52 from alike plate, 53, fixed to an arm,54, in such position that both annular plates are exactly over the can-seat.

in the upper plate, and mayturn freelythereon. It should bear accurately on the top of the can, the ends of the clips in which it hangs passing outside the can. ported by a rod, 56, to which it is' fixed, and by a post, 57, on which it slides freely; The rod 56 is fixed at the bottom in a base-bar, 58,

The lower plate, when pressed u-pward, bears a gaiust small rollers 55, suspended The arm 5% is sup- 4 scares the inner end of which slides on the post 57, and the outer is provided with a pin, 59, which passes loosely through the end of the arm which carries the can-seat. The lower endof this pin rests and moves on a guide-rail, 60. A

- coiled spring, 61, on the post 57 bears against a pin above and the base-bar below,jand holdsdown the whole-framework which carries the annular plates. The guide-rail determines the horizontal position of said plate, and is a trifle raised at the end 62, which is opposite the beginning of the second chute, in order that the annular plate maybe slightly raised at the in-- stant the can is left by the carriage, and so that the ends of the clips may passfreely over.

cap-plate turns freely on the. rollers the can,-

though firmlyclampedbetween it and the seat, may rotate freely with said seat- Pronged arms 63, fixed to arock-shaft, 64, serve to move the cans before they are taken and after they are left bythe carriage. These are necessary, first, in order to bring each canv accurately into position to be taken upon the seat, and, further, for the purposeot' moving the cans after soldering with like accuracy to the testing apparatus. The shaft rocks in order to insert the arms between the cans or remove them from the path of the cans at the proper moment. It has aregnlated longitudinal movement in its bearings in order. to push forward the cans, as required.- These movements are imparted to the shaft mainly by the motion of the carriage.

On the arm 30 is a spur, 65, formed with a groove and a flange, 66, Figs. 4:, 9, 10, and 11, and is adapted, when the arm 30 is lowered and moved to the right of Fig. 1, to catch un-' der a pin, 67, in the rock-shaft.

In its further movement to the rightit carries, by means of this pin, the rock-shaft to the limit of its motion; then as the arm 30 rises it lifts the pin 67, rocks the shaft, and throws theprongs ot' the arms 63 between the cans. This pin is retained in the groove of the spur, so that as arm 30 moves to the left to feed forward the can it carries the pin and the rock-shaft with it, the pronged arms of the rock-shaft pushing the cans forward a distance equal to the diameter of'a single can, and the arms are so arranged on the shaft that when thus moved one leaves the forward can at the end of the chute and directly under the center of the perforated pad hereinafter describerhand theother leaves a can on the end of the first chute in position to be taken up by the carriage. At precisely the proper instant the shaftis rocked backward by means of an incline, 68, set in a slot inthe table in the path of a pin, 69, on the rock-shaft. This incline can be set in the slot at any required point, which must vary according to the diameter of the cans; The pin 69, riding up on-this incline, throws back the pronged arms, the pin 67 being then released from the spur 65 by being slipped past the flange 66- and out of its range. The same effect may be produced by means of the pin 200 upon the rocking shaft set in proper position, so that the arm 30 in its descent will rock the shaft backward but the means above described are preferred, the incline being easily adjustable to any position. -The arm 30 may then pass on, descend in its return to the forward limit of its motion, and again catch the pin 67 and bring back the shaft with the arms rocked back, and so on in succession.

The motion of the arm 30 must, of course, be suffieient for the largest size of cans; but the amount of motion imparted to the row of cans is accurately determined not by the motion of the arm 30, but by the incline hereto-- o fore described.

Inward movement of the arms upon the rocking-shaft may be limited in any convenient way, as by allowing one or both of the arms to come in contact with the sides of the frame or chute, or by any suitable pin or stud in the shaft itself coming in contact with the top of the table.

It will be noted that both ofthe pronged arms which push forward the cans are adjustable by means of set-screws on the rock-shaft, to adapt them to the different sizes of cans. The motion of the arm 30 required to take up the can from the end Ofthefirst chute is in proper time to rock the shaft and throw forward the. arms, and at the same time, when the carriage starts forward with the can justtaken up, it brings forward the can next in order by moving the shaft and with it the arms. The rear arm of the shaft is set so as to strike in just behind the can next to that taken up by thecarriage, and the front arm passes behind the can last delivered on the receiving end of the first chute. The first chute is cut out at the foot of the incline, as shown at 72, Fig. 2,-in

in which a vertically-arranged cup, 75, isset on a standard on the front of the arm which supports the can-seat. The cup may have an opening into or through a flange, 49, which forms the guard on one side. These parts may be made of sheet metal, and the heat applied by the flame directed into'this chamber through the cup.

It will be understood that the ,solder is dropped into the opening in the upper end'of the can, and that the rotation and heat act to float the can in the manner well known to those skilled in the art. The openings in the stationary and revolvingplates will, however, admit asolderingiron, if desired.

The apparatus for generating and directing the flame is fixed at the point opposite which the carriage stops and the can-seat rotates, and the reciprooatin g carriage, morin g in right lines with one can-holder, serves the purpose of bringing the cans in succession to the flame as etl'ectively as the revolving tables heretofore known, with their numerous canholders, and the'apparatus costs less and occupies less room. The can-testing apparatus is the same as that described in an application tiled by mein the United States Patent (Miles on the 9th day of February, 1881, with the exception of some subordinate details, which have been modified in order to adapt this apparatus to that hereinbeforc described, and to form the combined machine or pable of both soldering and testing by simultaneous operations and one passage of the cans through the same machine.

The devices for closiu g the cans and for conducting air thereto are located at the delivery end of the second chute.

The pad, the cam, air-pipes, cylinder, piston, and Valve mechanism, as well as the levers for operating the valve and pad, which presses upon the open upper end of the can, are all the same as those shown in my said application. The main wheel also operates the lever, and

is driven from the main driving-shaft in the same. way. The delivery-chute B is the same also, and is lifted. by the piston-rod, which strikes against. a plate, 76, fixed. to the side of the long end of the chute; but the locking apparatus dill'ers therefrom. The catch 7 7 is fixed to the inner end of the plate 76, and takes over the edge of the table. To allow this the chute B is permitted to slide on its supportii'ig-rod, being pressed toward the table by a spring, 78, so as to force the catch over the edge of the table when it has passed the same. The chute is tripped by a pin, '79, on the end of the rocking-shaft at the proper momen t, said pin striking against the catch and pushing it from theedge of the table. The second pronged arm on the rock-shaft takes the place of the special feed mechanism described in my said application and pushesthe cans, after soldering,to the testing apparatus at the proper time, and with the same accuracy as the first arm supplies the cans to the rotating seat of the soldering mechanism. In this combined ap paratus the number of parts is lcssenedand one handling of the cans avoided. l he cans are placed by an attendant upon the inclined chute, and the same person, who need not be a skilled workman, can attend several machines. Obviously, if the testing mechanism be not used the soldering-machine discharges the cans automatically.

In the operation of the machine it will be understood that the carriage (supposed to be on its return, for illustration, from the testingchute) goes back with the can-seat lowered. "When it reaches the extreme rearlimit of its movement the pin of the crank rises above the horizontal plane of its shaft, throws back the upper arm of the cam-lever, and raises the canseat, then grasping a can and lifting it from the endof the chute. Further movement of the said crank-a rm carries forward the carriage until in the center of its path, when the clutch is unlocked, the carriage remains at rest, and the rotating mechanism begins to operate. Wheuthls latter has accomplished its oflice, by the return of the slot in the wheel, the cranksleeve is again clutched, and the carriage completes its forward anovement. At the end of said forward movement the pin ot' the crankshaft passes below the horizontal plane of themain shaft, moves baclr the lower arm oi the cam'lever, depressing the causeat and leaving the can; then completes the return of the carriage without interruption, and at the rear limit the can seat is raised, as before explained. The carriage is stationary and the can rotating during about seven-eighths of the movement of the main wheel. This gives time for thesoldering, and the pin on the main wheel is so ar ranged to strike the levers E and F, which operate valveand air-pad of the testing apparatus, that the can is charged and the testing operation of one can going on while another is soldering.

Having thus described my in vention, what I claim is- 1. In acansoldering machine, the combination of a chute for holding the cans, a reciprocating carriage and rotating can-seat, adapted to take the cansfrom the chute and transfer them to the flame and rotate them, and mechanisms for operating the said parts, all substantially as described.

2. In acan-sold-ering machine, the coinbination'ot a chute for holding cans and delivering them to a canseat, and a rotating causeat pro vided with mechanism for rotating it, and also moving it toward and from the said chute, substantially as described.

3. A reciprocating carriage provided with rotating can-seat, mechanism for operating the same, and appliances for soldering, in combination with-a can-testing mechanism and acounecting-chutc, whereby thcoans may he soldered and tested, substantially as, described.

4. The main dri\"ing-shaft, with crank-arm, 1

sleeve, and clutches, in combination with the carriage havinga slotted arm, vertically-re ciprocating, bar supporting the can-seat, and mechanism'for raising, lowering, and locking said bar, substantially as described.

with its vertically-reciprocating can-carrying devices, rotary can-seat, and mechanism for rotating said. seat, substantially as described.

7. The reciprocating carriage and rotating and reciprocating can-seat, consisting of pins set in a base, and the slotted ends of the canchute, the parts being adapted to operate in connection with each, other and with suitable impelling mechanism substantially as set forth.

8. In combination with the slotted chute end and the pins of the can-seat, the can-seat shaft, the wheel upon its lower end, the pins set therein, and the guiding-arm 50, for aligning the pins of the can-seat with, the slotted chute, substantially as described.

9. In combination with the shaft of the can seat and its friction-wheel 37, the wheel 38 and gear-wheel 39, mounted on the spring-arm, said gear-wheel being driven from the main shaft, all substantially as described.

10. The guard-flanges and heating-chamber, set in the described relation to the revolving can-seat, said guard and chamber being set on the arm, all as set forth.

11. The vertically-movable annular plates,

mounted upon post and rod on the arm 30, with clips and rollers applied to said annular plates, substantially as described.

12. The combination of the arm 54, carrying annular plates, with rod. 56, post 57, spring and base bar, and with the pin 59, and-a guide-plate, substantially as set forth.

13. The reciprocating rock shaft, in combinaanswer.

tion with adjustable arms for moving the cans,-

and mechanism, substantially as described, for imparting rocking and longitudinal motion to said shaft, as set forth.

14. The combination, with the rock -shaft and its arms, of the pins 67 and spur 65 on the reciprocating arm 30, substantially as set forth. 15. In combination with the rock-shaft and its arms, the adjustable incline 68 and pin 69, substantially as described. I

16. The combination of the main shaft, the

crank-arm and sleeve, the collar adapted to interlock with said sleeve, the pronged lever 43, wheel 144 and spring 42, and theslotted main wheel, substantially as described.

17. The combination of the spring-arm 40, carrying wheel 39, the mechanism whereby "said wheel rotates the can-seat, the shaft 34,

RICHARD constant.

Witnesses:

Orms. P. FELDHAUS, JOHN KRUZER. 

